GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| quotidian | occurring every day |